problem with fstream

Hi all,

I have had an on going problem with this program I am working on and at this point Iam not sure whether the problem is in my file save function or my file retrieval function.
The problem is that when using getline() (which I need) I can not retrieve the data.

However using the same code except for removing the getline() and using the bit wise operators it works fine until the StationName  has a white space in it. If I remove the stationName all together the rest of the code works perfectly, or if I remove everything except the stationName with getline() it also works perfectly. It almost seems that the combination of the getline() and bitwise operators are the problem.

If the code provided is not adequate let me know and I will be glad to e_mail the code in its entirety.

This is still the same problem from Q.10078727. So the points for both Q's are available.  
I would appreciate any suggestions that might help resolve this problem!

Thanks,
bbarnette
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void MtrFr::SaveMtrFr(ptrType Data)
// SaveMtrFr() writes all data to HD. Data is a pointer to Head
{

ofstream Fin("mtrconv.txt",ios::binary);

for(ptrType CurrSav = Data; CurrSav != NULL; CurrSav =   CurrSav->Next)
{
Fin<<CurrSav->StationName<<endl;
Fin<<CurrSav->Mon<<" "
<<CurrSav->Day<<" "
<<CurrSav->Yr<<" "
<<CurrSav->Meter_Size<<" "
<<CurrSav->Large_Gear<<" "
<<CurrSav->Small_Gear<<" "
<<CurrSav->Dial_Size<<" "
<<CurrSav->Pulse_Ft<<" "
<<CurrSav->Roc_Conv<<endl;

}
}// end SaveMtrFr()

void MtrFr::Retrieve_Historical_Data()
{
ptrType Tail = NULL;
ptrType CurPtr;
char H_Station_Name[25];
char M_S[5];
unsigned int L_G, S_G ,D_S, Mn, Dy, Yr;
float P_F ,R_C;

Delete_List();

ifstream Fout("mtrconv.txt",ios::binary);

// retrieve data from file
while((Fout.getline(H_Station_Name,25))&& (Fout >> Mn >> Dy >> Yr >> M_S >>  L_G >> S_G >> D_S >> P_F >> R_C))
{
 CurPtr = new TurbMtr;// allocate memory for new node

if(Head != NULL)
{// list already exit, traverse to the next node
Tail->Next = CurPtr;
}
else if(Head == NULL)
{// list does not exit
Head = CurPtr;
Tail = Head;
}

Tail = CurPtr;

strcpy(Tail->StationName, H_Station_Name);
Tail->Mon = Mn;
Tail->Day = Dy;
Tail->Yr = Yr;
strcpy(Tail->Meter_Size, M_S);
Tail->Large_Gear = L_G;
Tail->Small_Gear = S_G;
Tail->Dial_Size = D_S;
Tail->Pulse_Ft = P_F;
Tail->Roc_Conv = R_C;

Tail->Next = NULL;
}  // end while

Fout.close();

}// end Retrieve_Historical_Data()